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- Thunder Bay—Rainy River
- Ontario
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- Mar/19/24 5:02:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I was saying, the experts seem to think the carbon tax only minimally contributes to inflation. Let me quote a few of those experts.
The Governor of the Bank of Canada in September came to the conclusion that the carbon tax only contributes 0.15% to the inflation rate. In a recent review in Policy Options, a couple of Alberta economists calculated that the carbon tax increased consumer prices by only 0.6% in the last eight years. Stats Canada, in a B.C. study, estimated that the carbon tax only contributed or increased the cost of food by 0.33%.
Where are their statistics from? I quoted some. I would like to hear from the opposition. Where are they getting their stats from?
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- Mar/19/24 5:01:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I can certainly comprehend this argument that the cost of the carbon tax is going to be passed on to consumers and this is inflationary. It is a good story that the opposition is trying to sell. The problem is that it does not seem to be true or, at least, a lot of experts seem to think that the carbon tax—
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- Mar/19/24 10:42:39 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I can understand the argument that the carbon tax would be inflationary. The problem is that the experts do not seem to think that.
For example, the Governor of the Bank of Canada, in September, said that the carbon tax only contributed about 0.15 percentage points to inflation. A Policy Options review in 2023 estimated that carbon taxes increased consumer prices between 2018 to 2023 by 0.6%. Stats Canada, in a B.C. study, figured that only about 0.33% of the increased cost of food was attributable to the carbon tax.
I am not sure where the Conservatives are getting their statistics from, but I would like to hear some of their statistics.
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- Nov/2/23 1:48:00 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I agree with my friend in the opposition on a lot of things, but I do disagree on this point.
In terms of talking points, I refuse to use the party's talking points. I write all my speeches myself.
I do believe in the carbon tax. I believe that by not continuing this carbon tax, which has been shown to be one of the most effective ways of dealing with climate change, the Canadian people and the people of the world would be punished. The opposition would be punishing them. They would continue to suffer because of climate change and because they are being denied one of the most useful and efficient tools to deal with climate change.
Yes, there is some short-term pain but for the long-term gain.
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- Nov/2/23 1:34:53 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am from a different part of Ontario, northern Ontario, where I think the carbon tax is very different.
Can the member tell us what the carbon tax exemptions coming out of the Atlantic mean to people in Toronto, and how they see this?
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Madam Speaker, the member says “scrap the carbon tax”, but she also talked about the importance of the free market.
It seems to me there are numerous groups that believe in the free market and support the carbon tax and carbon pricing. For example, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Mining Association of Canada, the Business Council of Canada and the Fraser Institute, which is hardly a Liberal institution.
What would the member say in response to the Chamber of Commerce, which said that carbon pricing is generally the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to lower costs? Does the member not believe in climate change?
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